Gurman says the technical side was never the obstacle. Rather, Apple may have decided the idea of receiving a new iPhone with personal account data pre-installed on it could be unnerving for some customers, provoking questions about how the data was transferred and whether anyone could have accessed it.

MacRumors Forums

Apple Dropped Plan to Ship Leased iPhones Already Set Up for Users

Apple considered a so-called "white-glove" element for its Apple Upgrade leasing program that would have delivered each new replacement device alre...

This sounds really good in terms of privacy. Would be great if @nunchuk_io and other collaborative multisig providers like casa etc. could adapt this too.

blockdyor

Bitkey Chain Code Delegation: The First Private Collaborative Multisig Wallet

Bitkey just solved multisig's biggest flaw. For years, collaborative custody meant your partner saw everything: every transaction, every balance. T...

Some Multisignature Wallets May Be At Risk Peter Todd, Core contributor and cybersecurity engineer, today addressed specific edge cases for multi-signature wallets that use a threshold of Coldcards to secure funds. “Example case: you have a 2-of-3, with 2 Cold Cards, and a 3rd uncompromised device. If you move your funds, the moment your script is revealed for the first time – previously hidden behind the address hash – the attacker now knows enough to use the compromised 2 cold card keys to steal your funds.” The transaction that reveals the multisig script might be unconfirmed, giving hackers enough time to create a competing transaction with a higher fee. Fortunately, such cases have a solution: the MARA mining pool can help in this case with their private mempool mining service, Slipstream; “because they promise to keep your transaction – and thus pubkeys – secret until they’re already in a block. Dramatically reducing the ability of the attacker to steal the funds,” said Todd. He added that “If you’ve already reused addresses, this isn’t relevant, and you should just try to move your funds ASAP. But if you haven’t, MARA may be able to help.”

Bitcoin Magazine

Coldcard Bug Exposes The New Reality: AI Is Auditing Every Open-Source Wallet

Users who generated seeds on affected Coldcard MK3 devices without dice rolls or a BIP39 passphrase must move funds immediately. Firmware updates d...